Randomised controlled trial of population screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the SAFER trial

Introduction There is a lack of evidence that the benefits of screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) outweigh the harms. Following the completion of the Screening for Atrial Fibrillation with ECG to Reduce stroke (SAFER) pilot trial, the aim of the main SAFER trial is to establish whether population...

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Published in:	BMJ Open
Main Authors:	Gregory Y H Lip, Stephen Morris, Richard J McManus, Stephen Sutton, Howard Thom, Mark T Mills, Jonathan Mant, Simon J Griffin, Wern Yew Ding, Sarah Hoare, Jenni Burt, F D Richard Hobbs, Rachel Johnson, Mark Lown, Alison Powell, Natalie Armstrong, Martin Cowie, Trudie Lobban, Ben Freedman, Stephen Kaptoge, Jenny Lund, Duncan Edwards, Kate Williams, Andrew Dymond, Peter Calvert, Rakesh N Modi, Riccardo Proietti, Mike Sweeting
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2024-04-01
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4/e082047.full